Big Bang And The Expanding Universe

Scientists have known since the 1920s that the universe is expanding. Most of the earth's galactic neighbours are receding, and the farther away they are the higher is their velocity. Edwin P. Hubble who was known the  a pioneer of modern astronomy analyzed the red shift of galaxies. He dicovered that the speed at which galaxy is receding is proportional to its relative distance. It means that more distant a galaxy, the faster it is moving away. The principle was named Hubble's law. It can be represented as:Speed=H× Distance Where...

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Universe and Cosmos

Universe: The most widely accepted theory about origin of the universe is Big Bang. The Big bang theory states that the universe began in a state of extremely high density and a volume approaching just a point. Then the universe has been expanding since some particular instant that marked the origin of the universe. Tracing the expansion of the universe back in time shows that the universe would have been compressed to infinite density approximately...

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Name and Description of Various Fields of Science

Acoustics:                    The science which deals with nature of sound, its production, transmission and effects. Aerodynamics:                    The branch of physics which deals with motion and mechanical effects of air or gases. Aeronautics:                  The science of air navigation or air travel. Anatomy:  The science which deals with structure and structural relationship of...

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Muslim Scientist and their contribution to Science

Al-Beruni (973-1048 A.D.):                                                    Al-Beruni was one of the most famous scientist of the Islamic world. He was a very prolific writer and wrote more than 150 books on various subjects like mathematics, physics, geography, astronomy, cosmology, archaeology, history, biology,geology,...

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Science and Scociety

Benefits and Merits of Science:                                                              The benefits got from science and its applications are enormous and probably it is not possible to enumerate these. However, a bird's eye view would provide an insight into these benefits. Science...

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Science History

This section will deal with a very brief  history of science since Renaissance and Reformation which led to scientific and industrial revolution. Early Scientific ideas:                                                          Before 1609,the science was mainly based on the ideas proposed by Greek...

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